When a British army wife went on hunger strike in Singapore in housing protest, before move to Hong Kong and an apartment
“The 18-year-old blonde wife of a British soldier here has gone on a hunger strike because she claims the Army is not providing them with proper accommodation,” reported the South China Morning Post from Singapore on March 26, 1962. “Mrs Cynthia Mitchell, of Durham, mother of a 15-month-old daughter, has lost 14lbs [6kg] since she … Read more
